How to decrease number without using Add or Subtract?

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I have an older version of UiPath that does not have “Subtract” but I want to decrease a number, pulled from an excel sheet, to be one year less. For example, if I am pulling 2019, I want the number to actually be 2018. How can I do this without the Subtract Formula function?

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@Mitchell_Binder

Let us take you retrieved a value from Excel as strA
Create One more variable strb
Now use Assign Activity
strb = (Convert.ToInt32(strA)-1).ToString

Regards,
Mahesh

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Hello @Mitchell_Binder
first you have to inject python and then pass two value in that argument of activity.

.py file
int subtractValue(x,y)
{

while (y != 0)

{ int borrow = (~x) & y;
x = x ^ y; y = borrow << 1;
}

return x;
}